While Common seemed tailor-made for the track, it was cooked up by Ye for another MC.Ĭommon gave some insider info about how “The Food” came together on The Bill Simmons Podcast.
The first track Kanye produced for Be, “The Food,” was an instant classic. “The Food” Was Originally Meant For Another Artist “I will be forever loyal to Kanye because I was in between labels when we started Be, and he produced the whole thing before he ever got a check.”Ĭommon more than held up his end of the bargain with Be which garnered four Grammy nominations and eventually went Gold.
“It was clear from Common’s comments that this vision meant sacrificing for success. The timing couldn’t be better for Common who was transitioning from his old label.”Not only do I love Kanye creatively and as a brother, but we doing business with a vision” Common said. The first release was Get Lifted, the debut album by John Legend. Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage via GettyĪfter the multi-platinum success of Kanye’s The College Dropout, he leveraged his newfound status to start his own label Good Music (Getting Out Our Dreams) in 2004. “Not only do I love Kanye creatively and as a brother, but we doing business with a vision,” Common said at the time. It wasn’t her fault, the relationship just didn’t go forward.” I was in a haze, just going through the motions. With Erykah Badu, that was my first love where you’re just open and floating. In an interview with Ebony Magazine, Common recalled, “Some of the hardest work I’ve done on myself has been after breakups. But when the couple called it quits, it definitely took a toll on Common. And on “ Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)” the duo won a Grammy. The two dated for several years and one of Common’s most successful singles, “ The Light,” was dedicated to Badu. Of all the changes that Common was experiencing, his public break up with Neo soul-songstress Erykah Badu may have been the biggest of all. The almighty Soulquarian collective would go on to work on separate projects after Electric Circus, his previous album, was not as highly regarded as his previous works. When Common began writing Be, every area of his life was changing.
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